Ouisie Shapiro

Ouisie Shapiro is a television writer and producer. Her credits include Playing for the Mob and Namath: Beaver Falls to Broadway. She is the co-author of One Punch From the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title and the forthcoming One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime.

Twenty-five years ago, Roseanne Barr sparked national fury when she delivered an off-key rendition in San Diego. But the reasons behind outrage and praise for various interpretations have as much to do with politics as musical talent.